Railway metal tie and rail-fastening.



F. JAGER.

RAILWAY METAL TIE AND BAIL FASTENING.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 3, 1913.

1,075,425. Patented Oct. 14,191

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FRANK JAGER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

RAILWAY METAL TIE AND RAIL-FASTENING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented @et. id, 1213.

Application filed January 3, 1913. Serial No. 739,964.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FRANK JAGER, a citizen ofthe United States, and residing at Chicago, county of Cook, and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in RailwayMetal Ties and Rail-Fastenings, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to a novel metallic railway tie and rail fastening;and has for its principal object the provision of an improved tie ofstrength and durability which can be cheaply and readily made fromcommercial rolled iron; and is further designed to provide a tie havingfastenings means of novel character for the reception of a rail andadapted to firmly secure the same to the tie, together with certainnovel bracing and reinforcing means cooperating with said fasteningmeans to efi'ectually prevent rail spreading or displacement, as morefully described hereinafter.

These together with such other objects as may hereinafter appear, or areincident to my invention, I attain by means of a constructionillustrated in preferred form in theaccompanying drawings wherein,

Figure 1 is a plan view showing a tie embodying my invention, the railand brace being removed from one rail seat.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal section through the tie in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is an end elevation taken from the left of Figure 1.

Figure 4: is a slightly enlarged perspective of the rail brace, andFigure 5 is an enlarged section on the line VV of Figure 1.

Figures 6 and 7 are views illustrating a modified form of my inventionwhen applied to a rail joint.

In disclosing my invention, I provide a tie body 10 of channel ironsection, having the horizontal web portion 11, the downwardly extendingside flanges 12, and depressed end portions 13, the latter beingprovided to prevent end-wise movement of the tie. I preferably employcommerciol iron shapes, such as indicated, as they combine the qualitiesof great inherent strength and comparative low cost of manufacture.

At predetermined points short of its ends, are outer and inner rail-baseengaging lugs or projections, 14 and 15 respectively, punched orotherwise formed from the central portion of the rail seats 16,preferably to the rounded shape as shown, the dies being grouped toleave a connecting strip 17 integrally bridging the outer portions ofthe rail seats, and upon which outer portions and strip the track rails18 are adapted to be positioned.

The lugs 14: and 15 are shown located at each side of the rail seats toengage with the sides of the base flange l9, and extend upwardly atright angles to the web 11 and when thus bent are in parallel relationwith each other, thus readily permitting prompt seating of the rails inposition on rail seats. The distance between inner lugs is to bedetermined by the gage, and once determined any possibility of incorrectadjustment of the rails by trackmen is positively eliminated as thedistance between the lugs 14B and 15 is fixed, being substantiallycoextensive with the rail-base as already indicated. Each inner lug 14:may be bent in at its upper end slightly toward the side of the rail asat 20 without in any way interfering with the operation of positioningthe rails on their seats.

With a view to prevent any possibility of the outer lugs spreading, aportion of the web at each side of the lug is sheared through and theseparated web bent inwardly to form ribs 21 having their cut edgesbearing on the web of the tie, thus reinforcing and bracing the saidlugs against sidewise pressure.

The numeral 23 indicates a rail brace of polygonal section which isadapted to be driven between each of the lugs 14, 15, and the side ofthe rail, the brace having its lower inclined surface 24 fitted to seaton the base flange, and extends upwardly to seat underneath the railhead 26 in supporting engagement therewith. The beveled upper face 25 ofthe inner braces binds with and fits under the bent portion 20 of theinner lugs which together cooperate to firmly hold down the rail on itsseat. To prevent the brace working loose, it is bored and interiorlythreaded for the reception of a threaded bolt 22, which passes throughthe adjacent lug.

The fastening means as already described and as shown in Figures 1 to 5inclusive, is also adapted for use as a rail joint to fasten theproximate ends of rail sections together, but in this connection aslightly modified arrangement as illustrated in Figures 6 and 7 may beemployed, though its use is not intended to be restricted entirely inthis re spect. Particularly referring now to Figures 6 and 7, I show theouter and inner lugs 14- and 15 of rectangular shape, and the railprovided vith slotted holes to receive headed bolts 22 clamping the railends between the inner and outer lugs and rail braces, the bolts passingthrough these members in an inwardly direction and tightened by nutstaking against the inside lug. Formed from portions of the Web which lieoutside of the rails are reinforcing lug membore 21 each bent upwardlyand inwardly to take up an angular position with respect to'its outerlug l t, and conformed to provide a clearance as at 21 and having aninwardly projecting lip or shoulder extending therefrom to engage withand brace the outer face of the lug, which arrangement is designed toeffectively prevent spreading of the lugs.

Such a tie and rail fastening as I'have de scribed rigidly holds therail on its support and between the lugs, and spreading of the rails iseffectively guarded against by forming the lugs integrally from the webof the tie and reinforcing the lugs in the manner set'forth. T hisspreading is further guarded against by bending the inner lug over theupper face of the inner brace, the brace cooperating therewith to forcethe base flange against the seat.

The lugs can be punched outor otherwise formed from the web of the tiein one single operation by a proper grouping of the dies; which togetherwith the comparatively low cost of commercial rolled iron of a stockshape as shown, permits the manufacture of a' finished tie at anextremely low cost, without detracting from the desired strength anddurability. Other-advantages will read ily be perceived by those skilledin the art.

Having thus described my invention and illustrated "its 'use whatl claimas new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is the fol lowing 1. Thecombination of a metallic'tie body having rail seating portionsintermediate its ends, and provided with a lug or projection at eachside of a rail seating portion in engagement with the base flange of arail and extending upwardly in a substantially parallel relation witheach other to permitready seating of the rail, and a rail headsupporting brace seated and secured between each of the said lugs orprojections and the sides and base of the rail.

2. A fastening for flanged railsconsi-sting of a metallic tie bodyhaving rail base retaininglugs at each side of the rail seating portionand upset in parallelism, a rail brace interposed between one side ofthe rail and a lug and seated on the rail flange to extend upwardly insupporting engagement with the rail head, and a clamping elementdetachably connecting the brace with said base retaining lug allcooperating to hold the rail against displacement.

3. A fasteningforflanged' rails consisting of ametallie tie body havingrail base en gaging upset lugs -at either side of the rail seatingportion, and a railhead supporting brace seated on the rail flange andwedging between-a-lug and the rail'side, said brace further having aportion of its upper rail head supporting face inclining downwardly fromthe head to engage with an inwardly bent portion of one of the lugs, allso arranged to permit the ready positioning of rails, substantially asdescribed.

et. A railway tie body having a horizontal web forming rail seatingportions, rail-base engaging inner and outer lugs formed from railseating portions 7 and extending upwardly in substantially parallelrelation, said outer lugs having reinforcing portions angularly disposedthereto and extending upwardly from the web, thereby preventing raildisplaceinentor spreading of the lugs; substantially as described. 7

5. As an article of manufacture a railway tie body of commercial iron,the horizontal web of which provides seating portions for rails, andrail 'holdinglugs of an inverted U shape formed from the said webseating portions to leave a taperediintegral bridging strip in railseats, said integral strip forming part of the rail support;substantially as described.

6. In a railway metal tie, arail fastening comprising oppositelydisposed and upwardly extending rail-base engaging lugs formed from theweb of the tie body, one of the lugs being braced against spreading byengaging members angularly disposed thereto, the-'other-lughaving itsupper edge inwardly bent toward the rail, anda rail brace seatingbetween the said bent'edge and the rail base.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name in: the presence ofthe two subscribed witnesses.

FRANK' JAGER. lVitnessesr W. HERBERT :Fowxns, MARGARET MOORE.

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Washington, 33.0.

